Author: Danica Coto
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Haitian PM arrives in Puerto Rico after long absence as he struggles to get home to quell violence
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Haiti’s embattled prime minister has landed in Puerto Rico as he tries to return to Haiti to quell a surge in violent gang attacks
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Puerto Rico’s power company holds a massive debt. A key hearing to restructure it has started
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A key hearing over the future of Puerto Rico’s crumbling power company and its staggering $9 billion debt has begun following years of acrimonious talks between the U.S. territory’s government and creditors seeking to recover their investments
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Surfers from Brazil and Australia win final Olympic qualifier in warm and windy Puerto Rico
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Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia have won the final qualifier for the upcoming Olympics following nine days of volatile weather
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Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he will try to detain police chief, ministers
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Heavy gunfire has paralyzed Haiti’s capital and at least four police officers have been killed as a powerful gang leader announced he will try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers
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Donald Trump clinches win at US Virgin Islands caucus, which defied Republican Party rules
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Donald Trump has amassed another win at a Republican caucus held in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed
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Fossil fuel-dependent Puerto Rico can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, a federal study says
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As Puerto Rico struggles with chronic power outages and a decaying electric grid, federal officials believe the U.S. territory that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, according to a new study that has been two years in the making
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At least 1 dead, 1 missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic • Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and injuring two others. The storm was expected to swirl for most of the day above the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican…
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House approves bill for Puerto Rico to become a state; zero chance in Senate
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WASHINGTON • The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate. The bill, which passed 233-191 with some Republican support, would offer…
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Nicole forms; Florida awaits rare November storm
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MIAMI • A Florida-bound storm strengthened into Hurricane Nicole on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. It’s a rare November hurricane for storm-weary Florida, where only two such hurricanes have made landfall since recordkeeping began in 1853 — the 1935 Yankee Hurricane and…
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Puerto Ricans desperate for water after Fiona’s rampage
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CAGUAS, Puerto Rico • More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. territory, and many spent hours in lines Wednesday to fill jugs from water trucks while others scooped water from mountain runoff. Sweat rolled down the faces of people in…